CONSILIENCE: The Unity Of Knowledge

Wilson, Edward O.

ISBN 10: 0679450777 / ISBN 13: 9780679450771

Editore: NY. 1998. A.A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1998

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green & black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. pencil marked copy in good cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. approximately 7 pages with erasable pencil underlining, little margin marks. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice copy with a bit of pencilling. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, no remainder markings. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). deckled foredge. 332p.+ about the author. notes. index. biology. philosophy. epistemology. psychology. sociology. political science.~ AN ENORMOUS INTELLECTUAL ADVENTURE. In this groundbreaking new book, the American biologist Edward 0. Wilson, considered to be one of the world's greatest living scientists, argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for consilience~the proof that everything in our world is organized in terms of a small number of fundamental natural laws that comprise the principles underlying every branch of learning. Professor Wilson, the pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, now once again breaks out of the conventions of current thinking. He shows how and why our explosive rise in intellectual mastery of the truths of our universe has its roots in the ancient Greek concept of an intrinsic orderliness that governs our cosmos and the human species~a vision that found its apogee in the Age of Enlightenment, then gradually was lost in the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge in the last two centuries. Drawing on the physical sciences and biology, anthropology, psychology, religion, philosophy, and the arts, Professor Wilson shows why the goals of the original Enlightenment are surging back to life, why they are reappearing on the very frontiers of science and humanistic scholarship, and how they are beginning to sketch themselves as the blueprint of our world as it most profoundly, elegantly, and excitingly is. Codice articolo 12302101

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Titolo: CONSILIENCE: The Unity Of Knowledge

Casa editrice: NY. 1998. A.A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book

Data di pubblicazione: 1998

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

Edizione: prima edizione

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Riassunto:

An expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the face of the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge over the past two centuries

Recensione:

"An original work of synthesis...a program of unrivalled ambition: to unify all the major branches of knowledge--sociology, economics, the arts and religion--under the banner of science." --The New York Times

"As elegant in its prose as it is rich in its ideas...a book of immense importance." --Atlanta Journal & Constitution

"Edward O. Wilson is a hero. . . he has made landmark scientific discoveries and has a writing style to die for. . . . A complex and nuanced argument." --Boston Globe

"One of the clearest and most dedicated popularizers of science since T. H. Huxley ...Mr. Wilson can do the science and the prose." --Time

"An excellent book. Wilson provides superb overviews of Western intellectual history and the current state of understanding in many academic disciplines." Slate

"The Renaissance scholar still lives.... A sensitive, wide-ranging mind discoursing beautifully.... Wilson's buoyant intellectual courage is bracing." --Seattle Weekly
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